European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. April 15, 987 the stars and stripes Page 3 a photo join Hon Lucy or. Arrives monday it Washington court where bearing on a by to Yfatte his family was recessed. Hinckley wrote to serial killer court is told in Surprise testimony Washington a presidential assailant John w. Hinckley or. Wrote to serial killer Theodore Bundy and obtained the address of mass murder Rcharles Manson a psychiatrist testifying on his behalf said in Surprise court testimony monday Hinckley who is trying to convince a judge that his mental illness is in remission recently wrote Bundy to express his sorrow about the awkward position he must be in on Florida s death Row. Or. Glenn Miller testified in . District court. The stunning testimony prompted a Bench conference during which Hinckley s lawyers told the judge that Hinckley May still have the letters he received from Bundy who is awaiting execution for three 1978 murders according Toa transcript of the private conference. Miller also testified thai Hinckley 30, received Aletter several years ago from Manson Follower Lynette squeaky from Rne asking him to write to Manson Ata California prison. From Rne is in prison for trying to shoot president Ford in Sacramento calif., in 1975. Miller said Hinckley declined but obtained Man son s address. His testimony came at a hearing on Hinckley s re quest to make an unescorted 12-hour easter visit to his family from the mental Hospital where he was sent for shooting president Reagan Miller s disclosure appeared to anger . District judge barring on d. Parker and Federal prosecutors who had subpoenaed Hinckley s letters diaries an medical records notes from St. Elizabeths Hospital. Hinckley has been held at the Hospital since 1982,when he was found innocent by reason of insanity in the March 30,1981, shooting of Reagan White House press Secretary James Brady a City policeman and a secret service  . Attorney Roger Adelman told the judge thai he had no information about Hinckley Smail since the Hospital stopped screening it in 1984. Miller testified that he Learned about the bund letter from or. Joan a. Turkus a staff psychiatrist at St.  the Bench conference. Hinckley s attorney Vincent 1. Fuller said Hinckley May have two letter from Bundy. Parker angrily noted that the government should the aware of this testimony at the last  Hinckley sat quietly during monday s hearing. His parents John and Joann Hinckley also were in the court room. Of study released on Gwen Washington a the air Force has ten Tel Lively concluded it can expand a doomsday Emer gency radio network without significantly affecting in environment. The service in a do it Impact statement said it was convinced that careful site selection for so called Gwen radio relay towers would minimize or eliminate any possible Impact on the environment. The air Force said it was scheduling Public hear Ings next month in Atlanta Dallas and san Francisco to discuss the findings. Written comments from the Public also will be accepted through june i inc service said. " Gwen ground wave emergency network n a system of Low powered radio antennas and transmit ters designed to ensure adequate communication links for . Military forces in inc Wake of a nuclear  air Force is building a thin line Gwen sys tem across inc country consisting of 56 radio relay towers linking 38 terminals at m Hilary bases. Some of the Lowers in that system have prompted Public controversy with citizen groups in Massachusetts Oregon Pennsylvania and California banding together 10 fight Gwen on grounds the towers in crease the likelihood of their towns becoming nuclear targets. The air Force has dismissed such arguments assert ing the isolated 300-foot Gwen Lowers Are unlikely to be  s Impact statement does not address that Issue. The air Force citing a supreme court decision that allowed the reopening of the three mite Island nuclear Power Plant has said it is not required to address such Public perception of concern in the environmental Impact  avoid other environmental challenges however the air Force decided last year to conduct a stud designed to address environmental issues associated with the work if a decision is made to proceed the air Force will still hive to conduct individual Impact studies for each Tower site selected. The air Force wants to expand the Gwen system to full operational capability by building another 70 relay Lowers and installing another 111 terminals a military installations. The service has said it would like to Complete the entire system by the end Odis decade. A Gwen station consists of a thin 300-foot Tower and three Small shelters surrounded by a Fence. The shelters House electronic equipment and an emergency Generator and fuel. The stations require a 700-Squarc foot parcel of land each Gwen Antenna is connected to a Small Grid of Copper wire buried underground at its base and oper ates with less than 2,000 Walls of Power Public hearings held last fall identified five major concerns the effects of corrosion of the Copper win on the ground and water aquifers Bird strikes land use conflicts visual impacts and the health effects of radio frequency emissions the statement  draft statement addresses each of those areas concluding either the Public concerns Are overstated or easily mitigated by exercising care in the selection of Tower Sites. Coast guard having problems with new copters san Diego a the .coast guard s new helicopters Are fas Ter and More Manev Brablc than the copters they replace but they Are spending More Lime in the shop than inthe air officials say. The Dolphin helicopters which cost$3.67 million each have an average Mission readiness of less than 50 per cent said cmdr. Steve Holtier. He coast guard s helicopter engineering chief. The performance record Falls fur Short of the coast guard s 71 percen Standard. We re very concerned he  be Goi our resources focused on  the Dolphin is manufactured by the French owned Aero spatial helicopter corp., but mechanics blame the prob lems largely on its american made engine built by Avo . This downtime mostly what we retaking about is the engine  Gine is the biggest weak link said . Tom King who is in charge of the Dolphin program at coast guar Headquarters in Washington . Coast guard helicopters Are used to search for boaters or flyers Losi at sea to hoist people and disabled vessel from the water in emergencies and to perform Oiher Low enforcement  coast guard has contracted for 96  said new aircraft tend to have frequent maintenance problems and they expect the Dolphin s Readi Ness percentage to improve As mechanics and pilots become More familiar with it. Four dolphins based at the coastguard air station in san Diego were capable of flying Only 13 percent of Hestime in june and 27 percent in july according to records obtained through he Freedom of Iti formation act by Ifica san Diego  August the aircraft were Avail Able 25 percent of the time. Their bes month in san Diego was october when they were available -19 Pem a of he Lime. Despite the problems. King called inc Dolphin an amazing machine fifty three dolphins have been delivered to the coast guard and pilots say the Short Range recovery copter Isar faster und More Maneu Verbah than the Sikorsky helicopter. It also carries More sophisticated electronic navigation and communication equipment. La s like driving a sports car com pared to the 52s and he Sis. U has outstanding handling and navigation capabilities King said. Mechanics say the Dolphin s prob lems my largely from the breaking up of iwo bearings in its auxiliary Gearbox and slow delivery of pans built in  Leff a vice president of con Nettie us based Avo la coming Tex tron defends the Dolphin s engine As being us Good As anything out  said growing pains were Proba by with any new engine and new engines and retrofit kits have been ship  copter i equipped with the american engines because of a con Gressional mandate that the aircraft be Al least 51 percent .-made